Archive for January 24th, 2012

With the capsizing of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Tuscany in Italy, the world has learned a few things. First, how not to be a cruise ship captain. Second, the environmental threat that a large cruise ship can present, which may shortly follow the human catastrophe of several dozen lives lost. Read the rest of this entry »

Solar power is often held up as the epitome of clean, renewable energy production. What could be more “green” than spreading millions of solar panels before the sun like flower petals and generating clean electricity for the world? Read the rest of this entry »